Mathew Brady, Juliet "Julia" Brady and Ellen Brady Haggerty
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Object Details
- Artist
- Mathew B. Brady, 1823? - 15 Jan 1896
- Sitter
- Mathew B. Brady, 1823? - 15 Jan 1896
- Julia Handy Brady, 1822 - 1887
- Ellen Brady Haggerty, born c. 1824
- Exhibition Label
- Throughout his career Mathew Brady sought recognition as an artist. He advertised his skills as a maker of pleasing images and promised his clientele results that would rival “the highest efforts of the painter.” This daguerreotype exhibits the careful lighting, pleasing symmetry, and naturalness of expression that earned Brady the admiration of his contemporaries. It depicts him with his wife, Julia (left), and his sister, Ellen (right), in a pose that underscores their strong familial bond. When Ellen Haggerty was widowed a few years after this portrait was made, the Bradys—who had no children of their own—adopted Ellen’s young son, Thomas.
- A lo largo de su carrera, Mathew Brady siempre aspiró a ser reconocido como artista. Promocionaba sus destrezas como creador de imágenes atractivas y prometía a su clientela resultados que rivalizarían con “los más elevados esfuerzos de un pintor”. Este daguerrotipo evidencia la iluminación cuidada, la simetría agradable y la naturalidad de expresión que le ganaron a Brady la admiración de sus contemporáneos. En él aparece el propio Brady con su esposa, Julia (izquierda), y su hermana, Ellen (derecha), en una pose que subraya los fuertes lazos familiares que los unían. Al enviudar Ellen Haggerty pocos años después de tomado este retrato, el matrimonio Brady, que no tenía hijos, adoptó a Thomas, hijo pequeño de Ellen.
- Credit Line
- NPG.85.78National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- c. 1851
- Object number
- NPG.85.78
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Photograph
- Medium
- Quarter-plate daguerreotype
- Dimensions
- Image/Sight: 9 × 7 cm (3 9/16 × 2 3/4")
- Mat (brass): 10.8 × 8.3 cm (4 1/4 × 3 1/4")
- Case open: 12.1 × 19.6 × 1.3 cm (4 3/4 × 7 11/16 × 1/2")
- Case closed: 12.1 × 9.9 × 1.9 cm (4 3/4 × 3 7/8 × 3/4")
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Interior
- Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses
- Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie
- Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Goatee
- Cased object
- Julia Handy Brady: Female
- Ellen Brady Haggerty: Female
- Mathew B. Brady: Male
- Mathew B. Brady: Visual Arts\Artist\Photographer
- Mathew B. Brady: Visual Arts\Artist\Photographer\Daguerreotypist
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.85.78
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4ba93288f-494d-43d9-af6c-a8a5a962d728
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